Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19


manuer exhibit in any danco house wha
ever, or in any concert saloon. theater, {
place of entertainment where wines or spi
ituous or malt liquors are given away, {
with which any place where the sale
D wines or spirituous or mc.lt liquors is
rectly or Indirectly connected by any pa
sageway or entrance. and any proprietc
] Of any dance whatever, or any such COZ
a cert saloon, theater, or place Of entertain
. ment SO employing any child, shall
guilty OF q misdemeanor, and upon convi,
ton thereof in the manner provided in th
first ss:tion OF this act, shall be fined no
) less than $50, nor more than 500 for eac
offense.
Sec. 5. Any person who shall take. n
ceive, hire or employ any child under thil
teen years Of agein any underground works
, or mine, or like place whatsoever, shall
guilty OF misdemeanor, and upon cOnvie
tion thereof, in the manner provided in tn
!. first section OF this act, shall be fined no
less than SO nor more than $50.
Sec. b. whenever any person shall, befOr
q Justice of the Peace, make oath or affir
nation that the affiant believes that thil
Iact has been or is being violated in any
place or house, such Justice shall forthwith
issue warrant to a constable or othe1
authorized officer to enter such place OF
house and investigate the same, and sucl
person may arrest or cause to be arrested
| all offenders and. bring them before any
Justice or Court of Record for q hearing ol
the case, and it shall be the duty of all
constables and policemen to aid in bringing
all such offenders before said authorities
for a hearing.
Sec. z. Whenever any person having the
custody or control of any minor shall be
convicted OF a violation of any Of the pro.
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person to apply to the Probate Court oi
committed for the appointment OF a
proper guardian for the person OF
such minor, and the said court may
in it's discretion make any such ap-
pointment, having due regard in the selec.
tion OF a guardian to the religious per-
suasion OF the parent or former guardian,
or it may place such child in AL asylum or
home for children, with the powers of q
guardian of the person, as may be most
sxpedient; provided, however, that said
court may order the parent to pay such q
reasonable sum towards the maintenance
of such child, and at such times, and in
such amounts as the court may see fit; and
such courts may at any subsequent time,
upon being satisfied that the parent or
guardian has become a fit person to re-
sume the custody of said minor, and upon
reasonable security, to be filed with the
court, being given for the faithful observ-
ance of the provisions of this act, remand
such minor to the custody of such parent
or guardian, subject, nevertheless, to the
obligation OF any indentures or local en-
gagements already entered into on behalf
OF said minor by his or her guardian.
Sec. 8. Any duly organized or incorpo.
rated humane society, having for one of it's
objects the protection of children from cru
city, may offer any agents or officers en-
for the purpose of being commissioned to
act as police officers through the limits OF
said city. for the purpose of arresting all
the offenders against this act or any OF the
provisions thereof, whereupon the mayor
in such city shall, if such persons are
proper and discreet persons, commits
sion them to act as such police officers,
with all the rights and powers
appertaining thereto; but no such
city shall be liable in any way for the salary
or wages OF such officers, or for any expense
whatever in relation thereto, except for the
detention of prisoners. And in any district
humane society may offer similarly quail
fed persons to the Probate Court OF the
county, whereupon such court or Judge
thereof shall, it they be fit persons, COM
mission such persons to act as constables,
with power t arrest all offenders against
this act or any provisions thereof; but no
county shall be in anywise liable for the
salary or wages of any such officer or for
any expense in relation thereto, except for
the detention of prisoners. All persons
thus qualified under this section shall be
deemed to be constables and authorized
officers within the meaning of section 6 OF
this act, and the keepers Of jails, lock-ups,
or station houses in any of said counties,
are required to receive all persons arrested
by such policemen or constables.
Sec. 9. Whenever any person having the
custody or contro! of any minor child
terry upon such child. or of any violations
of the provisions OF this act, it shall be
lawful for the Justice of the Peace, or
court before whom such conviction has
taken place, or where the parents or proper
guardian OF any child cannot be found, it
shall be lawful for any court to commit
such child to the care and custody Of any
authorized or incorporated humane society,
having for one of it's objects the protection
of children from cruelty, and such society
shall thereupon have all the rights of a
guardian Of the person of such child; but
such society may at any time apply to the
Probate Court of the proper county for
the appointment of guardian of the per-
an asylum or home for children, as pro-
vided in the seventh section of this act.
Sec. Wherever it shall be made to ap-
pear to the satisfaction of the Probate
Court Of auy county that any minor child
has been deserted by it's parents or surviv-
ing parent; and that it has no legal guar.
dian. it shall be lawful for any person de-
sirous OF adopting the said child to adopt
the same.
Sec. IL. In default of payment of the
fine or penalty imposed under any OF the
sections OF this act, together with the costs
of the proceedings, then the said Justice Of
the Peace, Probate or District Court, shall
commit said offender to the county Jail,
there to remain for not less than twenty
days, nor more than ninety days, or until
vided, That the party convicted may ap-
peal from the decision of said Justice Of
the Peace or Probate Court to the District
Court. upon his entering bail in the nature
Of recognizance in the usual manner for
his appearance at said corrt, when the Of
tense shall be prosecuted in tire same man.
ner as :a now directed by !aw in other cases
OF misdemeanor.
Sec. -. Whenever the parents or
proper guardians OF any infant unable to
support itself have been convicted Of any
of the offenses enumerated in this act, or
are dead or cannot be found, and there is
no other person legally responsible for tho
maintenance and support of such child
willing to assume such support, or to be
found within the county, any Justice of the
Peace, Probate or District Court of the
county in which said child may be found
may commit such child to the care and
custody of the commissioners OF the said
county; but nothing herein contained shall
exempt any person from the duty Of main
tanning and supporting such child as now
imposed by law.
Sec. Is. Whenever any person takes a
female child under the age of 16 years for
the purpose of prostitution or sexual inter
course, or without the consent of her father,
mother, guardian. or other person
having legal custody of her person, for the
purpose Of marriage, or who inveigles or ell
tices any such minor female child into a
house of i'll fame or assignation, or else
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